KATHMANDU:  With 15 days left before the FIFA World Cup tournament was set to begin, an advertisement appeared on the Facebook timeline of Parmeshwar Tiwari (name changed), a student living in a rented room in Kathmandu: “Watch the World Cup for Free.” Like football fans across the globe waiting for the World Cup, he was...Read More

Security researchers have disclosed a new macOS flaw that lets attackers shut down your security software after getting onto your machine — no admin password, no kernel exploit, and almost no trace left behind. The attack takes advantage of how macOS apps earn each other’s trust, and if you use a...Read More

The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules Thursday that boost cybersecurity regulations for the nation’s emergency alert systems and update security rules for the nation’s undersea cables. The new rule would overhaul two national emergency systems, the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts, to better protect against hijacking attacks from malicious actors. The EAS...Read More

Millions of residential IP connections in the US are collected annually for use in proxy services, with many households unaware that they may ultimately be used by threat actors, a new report has warned. Non-profit the Digital Citizens Alliance claimed in a new report, Cybercrime by Doorbell, that an estimated 20 million or more connections...Read More

After Iranian-linked threat actor Handala claimed to have hacked California Water Service (Cal Water), an organization spokesperson stated the company was investigating the claims. Recently, the Cal Water spokesperson reached out to Security magazine with an update on its investigation.  The spokesperson stated, “As a critical infrastructure company, California Water Service takes cybersecurity and the security...Read More

For much of modern cybersecurity history, defenders have operated with a basic assumption: attacks can be studied, classified, and translated into detection logic quickly enough to protect the next victim. Malware samples could be reverse engineered. Indicators of compromise could be shared. Rules could be written. Signatures could be deployed across the environment. ...Read More

San Antonio patients are taking their grievances to court after a ransomware group claimed it broke into two local healthcare providers this month. The lawsuits target South Texas Spinal Clinic PA and Soniva Dental LLC, accusing both of failing to protect sensitive patient data and dragging their feet on telling people what happened. Plaintiffs say...Read More

Dean Cosmetic Dentistry Center, a cosmetic and general dental practice in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been targeted in a ransomware attack, allegedly compromising patient records and employee information. On June 18, 2026, the ransomware group NightSpire posted a claim on a dark web site hosted on the Tor network. In the posting, the group stated it...Read More

Executive Summary Mexico recently unveiled a new National Cybersecurity Plan to be implemented over the remainder of this decade. The proposed plan lays the foundation to address the top cybersecurity threats Mexico has identified, including organized crime, geopolitical threats, and emerging artificial intelligence (AI) threats. The plan comes at a critical moment, as repeated cyber...Read More

Chinese company Z.ai has introduced a new artificial intelligence model GLM-5.2, which has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts. Specialists believe it could significantly simplify the execution of hacker attacks, reports UNN citing Axios. Details According to estimates by Graphistry and Semgrep, GLM-5.2 performs at the level of leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic in vulnerability...Read More